23 Best contemporary books like Ana Turns by Lisa Gornick

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Ana Turns

By: Lisa Gornick

3.82

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

“This moving portrait of a woman assessing the friendships, romances, and family relationships that…

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1. Splinters

By: Leslie Jamison

3.86

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Recovering and The Empathy Exams comes the riveti… read more

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  • audiobook
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2. After Annie

By: Anna Quindlen

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

When Annie Brown dies suddenly, her husband, her four young children and her closest friend are lef… read more

Similar categories in Anna Quindlen's After Annie book and Lisa Gornick's Ana Turns

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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3. Leaving

By: Roxana Robinson

3.87

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

What risks would you be willing to take to fall in love again? “I never thought I’d see you her… read more

Similar categories in Roxana Robinson's Leaving book and Lisa Gornick's Ana Turns

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Being a mother is paying it forward, sending that energy and feeling to someone who needed it at first to survive, but who, the older she becomes, needs you less. The older you become, the more irrel…"

-Roxana Robinson, Leaving

"The justification for leaving a marriage was that you were increasing the sum of happiness in the world. You were ending your own unhappiness, and your spouse’s (if you weren’t happy, your spouse cou…"

-Roxana Robinson, Leaving

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4. You Only Call When You're in Trouble

By: Stephen McCauley

3.45

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Is it ever okay to stop caring for others and start living for yourself? After a lifetime of tak… read more

Similar categories in Stephen McCauley's You Only Call When You're in Trouble book and Lisa Gornick's Ana Turns

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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5. Worry

By: Alexandra Tanner

3.36

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Frances Ha meets No One Is Talking About This in a debut that follows two twenty-something siblings… read more

Similar categories in Alexandra Tanner's Worry book and Lisa Gornick's Ana Turns

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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6. The Road from Belhaven

By: Margot Livesey

3.72

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times best-selling author of The Flight of Gemma Hardy, a novel about a young wom… read more

Similar categories in Margot Livesey's The Road from Belhaven book and Lisa Gornick's Ana Turns

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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7. Lucky Dogs

By: Helen Schulman

3.23

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The paths of two women on opposite ends of a high-profile sexual abuse scandal set them on a devast… read more

Similar categories in Helen Schulman's Lucky Dogs book and Lisa Gornick's Ana Turns

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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8. Day

By: Michael Cunningham

3.57

Format: 273 pages, Hardcover

As the world changes around them, a family weathers the storms of growing up, growing older, fallin… read more

Similar categories in Michael Cunningham's Day book and Lisa Gornick's Ana Turns

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Here, then, is the answer. A degree of cruelty is necessary because Garth, like most men, can only deposit his needs at her feet, can only declare his love—that romantic hallucination, which would be…"

-Michael Cunningham, Day

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9. Family Family

By: Laurie Frankel

4.00

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

“Not all stories of adoption are stories of pain and regret. Not even most of them. Why don’t we ev… read more

Similar categories in Laurie Frankel's Family Family book and Lisa Gornick's Ana Turns

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"When people thought of mothers, they smelled cookies baking and chocolate melting. But actual mothers got shit for giving their kids too much sugar. When people thought of mothers, they thought soft …"

-Laurie Frankel, Family Family

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10. Absolution

By: Alice McDermott

3.81

Format: 324 pages, Hardcover

A riveting account of women’s lives on the margins of the Vietnam War. In Saigon in 1963, two yo… read more

Similar categories in Alice McDermott's Absolution book and Lisa Gornick's Ana Turns

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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11. Help Wanted

By: Adelle Waldman

3.62

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In Help Wanted, Adelle Waldman brings her unparalleled wit and knack for social observation to the … read more

Similar categories in Adelle Waldman's Help Wanted book and Lisa Gornick's Ana Turns

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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12. Welcome Home, Stranger

By: Kate Christensen

3.44

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From the PEN-Faulkner Award-winning author of The Great Man comes a novel about grief, love, growin… read more

Similar categories in Kate Christensen's Welcome Home, Stranger book and Lisa Gornick's Ana Turns

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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13. The Vulnerables

By: Sigrid Nunez

3.61

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times –bestselling, National Book Award–winning author of The Friend and What Are You … read more

Similar categories in Sigrid Nunez's The Vulnerables book and Lisa Gornick's Ana Turns

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Only when I was young did I believe that it was important to remember what happened in every novel I read. Now I know the truth: what matters is what you experience while reading, the states of feeli…"

-Sigrid Nunez, The Vulnerables

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14. Alice Sadie Celine

By: Sarah Blakley-Cartwright

3.01

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

It’s opening night, but Alice’s performance in the local Bay Area production of The Winter’s Tale i… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Blakley-Cartwright's Alice Sadie Celine book and Lisa Gornick's Ana Turns

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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15. While We Were Burning

By: Sara Koffi

3.28

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Parasite meets Such a Fun Age in a scorching debut that is as heartbreaking as it is thrilling, exa… read more

Similar categories in Sara Koffi's While We Were Burning book and Lisa Gornick's Ana Turns

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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16. Pete and Alice in Maine

By: Caitlin Shetterly

3.38

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Reeling from a painful betrayal in her marriage as the COVID-19 pandemic takes hold in New York Cit… read more

Similar categories in Caitlin Shetterly's Pete and Alice in Maine book and Lisa Gornick's Ana Turns

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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17. Alphabetical Diaries

By: Sheila Heti

4.02

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling confessional from the award-winning, beloved author of Pure Colour. Sheila Heti kept a… read more

Similar categories in Sheila Heti's Alphabetical Diaries book and Lisa Gornick's Ana Turns

  • audiobook
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18. A Very Inconvenient Scandal

By: Jacquelyn Mitchard

3.19

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jacquelyn Mitchard comes a thrilling family drama that ex… read more

Similar categories in Jacquelyn Mitchard's A Very Inconvenient Scandal book and Lisa Gornick's Ana Turns

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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19. Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5)

By: Elizabeth Strout

4.46

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From Pulitzer Prize–winning author Elizabeth Strout comes a hopeful, healing novel about new friend… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Strout's Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5) book and Lisa Gornick's Ana Turns

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"...Bob caught a glimpse of himself in the store window that was right there. He was startled. Who was that tall older man? Was that him? A sense of bewilderment came to him. He turned away, then turn…"

-Elizabeth Strout, Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5)

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20. Private Equity: A Memoir

By: Carrie Sun

3.63

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A gripping memoir of one woman’s self-discovery inside a top Wall Street firm, and an urgent indict… read more

Similar categories in Carrie Sun's Private Equity: A Memoir book and Lisa Gornick's Ana Turns

  • audiobook
"A gift weighed down by the imposition of gratitude becomes an expectation; over time, it becomes debt."

-Carrie Sun, Private Equity: A Memoir

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21. Hot Springs Drive

By: Lindsay Hunter

3.52

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

Jackie loved her best friend Theresa from the moment they met nearly fifteen years ago. Now, Theres… read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Hunter's Hot Springs Drive book and Lisa Gornick's Ana Turns

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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22. The Fortune Seller

By: Rachel Kapelke-Dale

3.53

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Middle-class Rosie Macalister has worked for years to fit in with her wealthy friends on the Yale e… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Kapelke-Dale's The Fortune Seller book and Lisa Gornick's Ana Turns

  • coming of age
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Crook, philanderer, asshole. Champion, genius, father. How are you supposed to weigh up someone's life?"

-Rachel Kapelke-Dale, The Fortune Seller

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23. The Painter's Daughters

By: Emily Howes

3.93

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A story of love, madness, sisterly devotion, and control, about the two beloved daughters of renown… read more

Similar categories in Emily Howes's The Painter's Daughters book and Lisa Gornick's Ana Turns

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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24. Bad Animals

By: Sarah Braunstein

3.49

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A sexy, propulsive novel that confronts the limits of empathy and the perils of appropriation throu… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Braunstein's Bad Animals book and Lisa Gornick's Ana Turns

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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25. Reunion

By: Elise Juska

3.39

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the beloved author of the “uniquely poignant” (Entertainment Weekly) novel The Blessings comes… read more

Similar categories in Elise Juska's Reunion book and Lisa Gornick's Ana Turns

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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26. Consent: A Memoir

By: Jill Ciment

3.96

Format: 145 pages, Hardcover

In this unflinching account of the ardent love affair between the author and her painting teacher, … read more

Similar categories in Jill Ciment's Consent: A Memoir book and Lisa Gornick's Ana Turns

  • audiobook
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27. Ana Turns

By: Lisa Gornick

3.82

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

“This moving portrait of a woman assessing the friendships, romances, and family relationships that… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Gornick's Ana Turns book and Lisa Gornick's Ana Turns

  • literary fiction
  • coming of age
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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28. Long Island Compromise

By: Taffy Brodesser-Akner

3.88

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An exhilarating novel about one American family, the dark moment that shatter… read more

Similar categories in Taffy Brodesser-Akner's Long Island Compromise book and Lisa Gornick's Ana Turns

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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29. Significant Others

By: Zoe Eisenberg

3.41

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

"I've been searching for a book with female friendships at the heart of it that doesn't feel flippa… read more

Similar categories in Zoe Eisenberg's Significant Others book and Lisa Gornick's Ana Turns

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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30. How the Light Gets In

By: Joyce Maynard

4.27

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Joyce Maynard comes the eagerly anticipated follow-up to her… read more

Similar categories in Joyce Maynard's How the Light Gets In book and Lisa Gornick's Ana Turns

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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31. Banal Nightmare

By: Halle Butler

3.64

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A ferocious novel by one of the boldest voices in American fiction and the author of The New Me, th… read more

Similar categories in Halle Butler's Banal Nightmare book and Lisa Gornick's Ana Turns

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary

27 Best fiction books like Ana Turns by Lisa Gornick

Transform Your Habits

After Annie

Anna Quindlen

4.03

Transform Your Habits

Leaving

Roxana Robinson

3.87

Transform Your Habits

You Only Call When You're in Trouble

Stephen McCauley

3.45

Transform Your Habits

Worry

Alexandra Tanner

3.36

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21 must-read fiction books like Day by Michael Cunningham

Transform Your Habits

After Annie

Anna Quindlen

4.03

Transform Your Habits

The Wren, the Wren

Anne Enright

3.55

Transform Your Habits

James

Percival Everett

4.54

Transform Your Habits

Leaving

Roxana Robinson

3.87

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